RE: Re: "University as author?"

From: Agenbroad, James \(Civ,ARL/CISD\) <jagenbro[_at_]arl.army.mil>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:25:01 -0400

Well... IANAL but, because the WMFH laws may be different in different countries, presumably there he had rights SOMEWHERE that he had assigned. ; ) Of course back then copyright assignments were not as thorough and carefully thought out as they are now.

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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Terry Carroll Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:01 PM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: "University as author?"

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Agenbroad, James (Civ,ARL/CISD) wrote:

> I'd wager good money that he assigned (gave up) his copyrights for
> free to the journal that he published in.

Well, only if he owned it to begin with, right?

Is this the standard practice, by the way? I've run one law journal, and our practice was to get a right of first publication, with right to sublicense for reprints and Lexis/Westlaw. The author retained his copyright.

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